The flight took off from Gatwick Airport, not removed from London, and was within the sky on a test flight.

Virgin identified the airplane as one it calls Honkytonk Girl, in step with the airline’s apply of giving its speedily female names.

A Virgin spokeswoman told Switch Insider that the airplane was headed over Cornwall anyway, so it was handiest a minute diversion to develop the coronary heart shape. There were no passengers on board, handiest crew.